Question: An article in Money compares investment in an income annuity, offered by insurance companies, and a mix of low-cost mutual funds. Suppose the following data are annualized returns (in percent) randomly sampled from these two kinds of investments.
Income Annuity: 9, 7.5, 8.3, 6.2, 9.1, 6.8, 7.9, 8.8
Mutual Funds Mix: 10, 10.5, 11.0, 8.9, 12.1, 10.3, 9.1, 9.7
Test to determine which investment mode, if either, is better than the other.